Tuesday, October 14, 2003

A Must Read on Anti-Semitism

I don't buy Frum's argument that it's not anti-semitism. It's a hell of a mess when we have to plant our tongues in our cheeks about something so blood-curdling as the (in progress in case you haven't noticed) second holocaust.

Money close:

His intentions are high, his conscience is clear, he hates nobody. His solution, however, is one that would expose millions of Jews – and not just those living in the Middle East – to persecution, expropriation, political oppression, exile, and murder. We cannot describe this outlook as anti-semitism. We need some new term. Here’s my nomination: genocidal liberalism. [Emphasis added.]